[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1256 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1256

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in 
 the laws relating to the appointment of the Under Secretary of Health 
and Assistant Under Secretaries of Health of the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2023

  Mr. Mrvan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in 
 the laws relating to the appointment of the Under Secretary of Health 
and Assistant Under Secretaries of Health of the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Health Administration 
Leadership Transformation Act''.

SEC. 2. UNDER SECRETARY OF HEALTH OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Term of Under Secretary.--Section 305(a)(1) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``An individual appointed to serve as the Under Secretary of 
Health shall be appointed for a term of five years.''.
    (b) Number of Assistant Under Secretaries of Health.--Subsection 
(a)(3) of section 7306 of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Not to exceed eight'' and inserting ``As 
        many''; and
            (2) by inserting ``as the Secretary determines necessary'' 
        after ``Health''.
    (c) Elimination of Certain Requirements for Assistant Under 
Secretaries.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b);
            (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as 
        subsections (b) through (f), respectively; and
            (3) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``subsection (e)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)''.
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